Sailor · 2020–2025

Ben Symons

IRC handicap

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Events: 5
Win rate: 40%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 76%

Most successful partnership: Giles Griffith
Best trio: Giles Griffith & Derek Shakespeare
Best day: 23 Aug 2020
Signature result: 1st of 41

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Most successful partnership: Giles Griffith — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

James Burnett · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – May 2025
Derek Shakespeare · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – May 2025
Giles Griffith · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
Tom Bridge · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – May 2025
Alastair Walton · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2024 – May 2025
Giovanni Belgrano · Whooper · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Aug 2020
Joseph Ferguson · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Emma Cheetham · Whooper · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Aug 2020
Justin Slawson · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 87% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Kieran Ward · BULLDOG · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 52% of the fleet together · best 44th · May 2025 – May 2025

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
3 May 2025	Cervantes Trophy Race (R1 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	BULLDOG	IRC handicap	Crew	44th / 91
6 Sep 2024	Lewmar Cherbourg Race (with JOG)	BULLDOG	IRC handicap	Crew	10th / 71
20 Jul 2024	Channel Race	BULLDOG	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 18
18 May 2024	De Guingand Bowl Race (IRC 2H Nationals Race 1)	BULLDOG	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 41
23 Aug 2020	2020 Hamble Classics Regatta	Whooper	IRC handicap	Headsail Trimmer	1st / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 6 races, 5 events · rating 80

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	5 events	2 wins	beats 87%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−16 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Big fleets	80%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	52%
2024	3	1	94%
2020	1	1	100%

Boats

BULLDOG · IRC handicap · 4 events · 2024–2025
Whooper · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Unknown · 4 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 80. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.